Having been raised in a highly industrialized area, I can identify with the ephemeral nature of plant life. Plants are both fragile and precious. As a way to explain a state of being, plants have become the focus of my investigations and detailed depictions. Fusing realistic imagery with metalwork, I use plants as symbols for my emotions and experiences.
I find it natural for my jewelry pieces to have a direct connection to the self and become an extension of the body. The body not only becomes an environment for the plant, but also possesses a life and vulnerability that become a part of the work. We have all experienced feelings of fragility and of being uprooted and transplanted. People, like plants, need strong roots in order to survive and flourish, season after season.